Alan Alexander Milne Quotes Alan Alexander Milne You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. Better Instead Say Watch Will You
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. Alan Alexander Milne
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. Alan Alexander Milne
A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain. Alan Alexander Milne
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. Alan Alexander Milne
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. Alan Alexander Milne
I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. Alan Alexander Milne
I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next. Alan Alexander Milne
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. Alan Alexander Milne
Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism. Vladimir Putin
How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it. W. Averell Harriman
I think that we get so distracted with our smartphones… It takes your body and your brain time to switch between tasks. If we can focus on what we're doing, we'll be more productive at that task. Yael Cohen
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization. Vladimir Putin